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One to look at may be the new Indians. We saw a couple of the new ones in Sturgis this year and they are nice. The are made by Victory so the should be good. |
One of these days I'm going to test ride a Street Glide......but I'm worried I'll want one soon after lol
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Age is a factor but mostly what keeps me from riding it is if I go down I’m risking more than just my own hide. Besides, my Jeep fulfills my gear heading / adrenalin needs and I can take my son along knowing that when I do I’m strapping him into a 6 point roll cage with a 4 point harness all tied back into the frame. |
another reason I stopped the sport-bike scene was here locally, there is (or, at least 'was' back around '09-'10 etc) a huge focus on them by LEOs. Not only from a speeding standpoint, but there is also a large theft factor as well. I got pulled over one day because the cope said "my exhaust was too loud' and wanted to see my registration etc. I sort of laughed and said "Sure, here you go. Odd that you think it's loud considering it's stock". I was pulled over for doing 41 in a 35 when I was at the tail end of a line of cars all doing the same speed. I asked for a little leniency since I hadn't had a ticket since 1994. No dice. Of course, it was a Lenexa cop, and having grown up in this city my entire life, Lenexa cops are collassal dicks.
At that time, my brother-in-law who is a MO Trooper, said they got more money in the budget to fly the helicopter for 'aggressive drivers' over the course of June/July that particular year. But he said it was actually a plan to put in place to catch sport-bike riders who were big time speeding. rather than chase on the ground, they would simply follow the rider to his next stop from the air, and greet him there/arrest on the him on the ground depending on the severity of speed. Tons of squids in the area. no 'fun' roads in the immediate area. At the time, and it may/may not still be this way, but there is a huge black eye on sport-bike riders by the public around here (probably other areas as well). One day, however, I will be a cheap SV or older sportbike and simply turn it into a track bike. track days can be relatively cheap after the cost of the bike, maybe a trailer, etc. I did a track day at Heartland a while back, and it was ****ing awesome. No sand on the road. no deer. no cops. no curbs. no soccer moms. Pace rider etc. but damn, sport-bikes are fun. lol. 'Too' much fun at times. |
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interesting. I think the last time I had my bike there was in probably '09-ish. of course, it was for just routine stuff (small stuff you like said). |
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I saved up some money from babysitting my nephew that summer. I asked my dad and he said 'it's your money'. I don't even remember the designator of the bike. it was an old dirtbike; I want to say an '82 Honda (I'm sure of the Honda part); 4 stroker. heavy as shit. I want to say it was a 185? ...if there is such a thing. I literally rode that until it just finally died. lol nothing like having a dirtbike to buzz around the house in suburbia lol. we have a small small field in back so I chopped away some brush and trees and made a small track that ran through it.....as well as around the house. Anyway...been in love with the bastards ever since. |
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The sport bike guys were flagrantly breaking laws (speeding, wheelies, burnouts, hooliganism in general) and completely disregarding cops. Doesn't surprise me they had their fill and started using helicopters to crack down on it. |
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all that street racing, stunting etc, made it almost unbearable for those who didn't. ...this is why we can have nice things. |
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